English

facesheet

From face + sheet.

A compound of face + sheet

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin faciēs ‘form’

Late Latin facia

Old French face

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ‘to throw, shoot’

Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ

Old English sċīete ‘a sheet of linen’

Middle English schete ‘linen cloth’

English sheet

Today it means

noun A sheet of material serving as an outer face, like those surrounding the core of a sandwich panel.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / facesheet